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(AP) Eurozone unemployment at record high in MayBRUSSELSUnemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro hit another all-time high in May following revisions to the previous months’ data, official figures showed Monday. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office,

(AP) US agency sues Corzine over failure of MF GlobalBy MARCY GORDON and LARRY NEUMEISTERAssociated PressWASHINGTONFederal regulators have accused former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine of misusing customer money while he was CEO of brokerage firm MF Global, which collapsed

Although Imran Firasat was acquitted on a hate crime charge tied to his movie The Innocent Prophet, he continues to face the possibility of being deported from Spain back to Pakistan. He warns that if that happens, he will face

(AP) Pardoned financier Marc Rich dies in SwitzerlandBy ROBERT H. REID and JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVAHe was a wheeler-dealer pardoned by another consummate dealmaker, a working-class Jewish boy who left Belgium to escape the Nazis and rose to become the billionaire

(AP) By HAROLD HECKLE – Eight suspected jihadist militants who formed part of a terrorist recruitment network that sent 50 militants to carry out attacks for al-Qaida-linked groups in Syria have been arrested, Spain’s interior minister said Saturday. Interior Minister

On Friday, President Barack Obama rewarded some of his top 2012 campaign fundraisers with appointments to coveted European ambassadorships. John Emerson, who raised $500,000 for Obama, was given an ambassadorship to Germany. In the 2008 campaign, Emerson raised between $100,000

HBO routinely serves up content that either denigrates conservatives or fetes liberals. Think Real Time with Bill Maher, Game Change and The Newsroom for three examples. Some of the channel’s power brokers often do more than that on the Democratic

The only player besides Rafael Nadal to win the French Open in the past eight years fell Tuesday. Life after 30  is proving tougher for Roger Federer, who won the title in 2009, but lost early in the Australian Open

Countries that are seeing strong job growth are not seeing an increase in the number of quality jobs, while nations that are facing higher levels of unemployment are seeing an increase in quality jobs at the upper end of the

(AP) Eurozone unemployment heading for 20 millionBy PAN PYLASAssociated PressLONDONUnemployment across the 17 EU countries that use the euro is on course to hit 20 million this year, according to figures showing the jobless rate hit another record high _

Japan has suspended imports of some US wheat after genetically engineered crops were found on an Oregon farm, a government official said Friday. Tokyo’s move came as the European Union told its member states to test imports from the area,

Fewer Europeans are planning to go away for a summer holiday as economic austerity bites, a new study shows, with levels of foreign vacation travel at their lowest for eight years. No more than 54 percent of Europeans are planning

Over the decades rich nations have poured trillions of dollars into African development projects, but the global economic meltdown and Africa’s booming growth are turning off that tap. In 2012 western aid to sub-Saharan Africa quite literally decimated. Rich countries

Fox Sports 1 is reportedly pursuing ESPN Chicago’s Sarah Spain to be on Regis Philbin’s show when the network debuts on August 17 to challenge ESPN.  A report in BigLeadSports also noted the network is in talks with Donovan McNabb

(AP) 10 things to know for the French OpenBy HOWARD FENDRICHAP Tennis WriterPARISA look at 10 of the top topics at the French Open, the clay-court Grand Slam tennis tournament that begins Sunday and ends June 9: 1. WHY STOP

(AP) AP Source: Coach K returning to US men’s teamBy BRIAN MAHONEYAP Basketball WriterMike Krzyzewski had decided to remain coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team. Krzyzewski will try to lead the Americans to a third straight gold medal,

Forget his prissiness, his pouty wife, his diva-like antics in the MLS, the unconventional and “hip” name of one of his sons (“Brooklyn”), the claims that he was overrated, his hairstyles, and the allegations that the “pretty boy” cared more

Jewellery worth $1.4 million due to be loaned to stars at the Cannes Film Festival was stolen from a local hotel in a pre-dawn heist but the coveted Palme d’Or trophy was safe, officials said. The robbery took place in

Obstreperous unions, an embedded welfare, system and incompetent civil servants have been obvious impediments to austerity in Europe, but the real problem with austerity is that it is a dumb idea.  Economic growth is necessary to get deficits down and

UPDATE: Beckham has confirmed that he will retire at the end of this season. He said, “I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level.” He continued: “If you had told me as a young boy

Germany and France plan to launch this month a “New Deal for Europe” against youth unemployment, which has topped 50 percent in several countries, with credits for companies that create jobs, a news report said Monday. Under the initiative, billions

(AP) British sailor dies during America’s Cup practiceBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and TERRY COLLINSAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOA 72-foot-long Swedish sailboat capsized Thursday in San Francisco Bay while practicing for the upcoming America’s Cup races, killing an Olympic gold medalist from the United

Hollywood denizens opened up their considerable check books for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign last fall, and now it’s payback time. A number of prestigious diplomatic posts have opened up recently, and some of the entertainment industry’s more generous donors

On Tuesday, famed physicist Stephen Hawking withdrew from a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in solidarity with an academic boycott against the Jewish state. Hawking, 71, had accepted an invitation to the Facing Tomorrow conference in June in

Hook-up site AshleyMadison.com is again courting controversy after debuting a new billboard campaign south of Columbia, SC, that uses a photo of ex-Governor Mark Sanford to sell its tryst-arranging services. The ad appears on Interstate 26, 25 miles from South

Imran Firasat, who has been in limbo in Spain for months with a growing list of charges over his vocal stance against what he considers the dangers of Islam, has been acquitted of “hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims.” This

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Giddy politicians declare a ‘sea change’ in Mideast negotiations Pakistan government ignores terrorist extermination threats to Hazara Shias Eurozone receives another disastrous unemployment report Giddy politicians declare a ‘sea change’ in Mideast negotiations Arab

By EMILIO MORENATTIAssociated PressBARCELONA, SpainIn the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the maimed victims. They are at once conscious and unconscious. They

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Greece to lay off old people, hire ‘young, capable’ replacements How margin accounts work today versus 1929 China’s local government debt is ‘out of control’ Germany’s economic experts consider a wealth tax to fund

(AP) Instruction of students learning English bleakBy CHRISTINE ARMARIOAssociated PressMIAMIDuna Lopez started school in Miami last fall not knowing a single word of English. The 8-year-old girl from Barcelona, Spain, with dark blond hair was placed in the Coral Way

(AP) Margaret Thatcher, Iron Lady, dead at 87By GREGORY KATZ and ROBERT BARRAssociated PressLONDONLove her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a

In his big pitch in Colorado on Wednesday for further gun control, President Obama made an astonishing statement about gun rights advocates’ fears of governmental gun seizures. He said that such worries would just feed “into fears about government. You

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com North Korea restarting nuclear power plant China mobilizing troops, jets, navy near N. Korea Eurozone unemployment rises to record high 12% North Korea restarting nuclear power plant The N. Koreans spectacularly blew up the

(AFP) – Authorities in six leading European countries have taken steps to force US Internet giant Google to comply with EU privacy rules, France’s Cnil data protection agency said on Tuesday. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Half of China’s rivers have disappeared Germans may be removing their savings from banks Suspicions grow that the Cyprus bailout numbers don’t make sense Jordan and Palestine agree to jointly defend Jerusalem from Israel